
Nobility, Faith and Masculinity
The Hospitaller Knights of Malta, C.1580-c.1700
Emanuel Buttigieg(Author)
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Published on 23. June 2011
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4411-0343-7 (ISBN)
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Description
This is a new study of the "Hospitaller Knights of Malta" in the early modern era focusing on nobility, faith and masculinity. This is an important study of elite European noblemen who joined the Order of Malta. The Order - functioning in parallel with the convents that absorbed the surplus daughters of the nobility - provided a highly respectable outlet for sons not earmarked for marriage. The process of becoming a Hospitaller was a semi-structured one, involving clear-cut (if flexible) social and financial requirements on the part of the candidate, and a mixture of formal and informal socialization into the ways of the Order. Once enrolled, a Hospitaller became part of a very hierarchical and ethnically mixed organisation, within which he could seek offices and status. This process was delineated by a complex interaction of internal factors - hierarchy, patriarchy and age - set within external mechanisms such as papal patronage and interference. This book is innovative in its methodology, drawing on a wide range of sources and applying historiographical approaches not previously brought to bear on the Order.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-0343-7 (9781441103437)
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04/2011
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Bloomsbury Continuum
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Person
Emmanuel Buttigieg is a Lecturer in history at the University of Malta Junior College. He read for a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Dr Mary Laven (Jesus College).
Content
Introduction; 1. Contours of a Study Becoming a Hospitaller; 2. /Hospitaller Ranks: Hierarchy, Patriarchy and Age; 3. Religious Identity, Beliefs and Practices; 4. The Body, Chastity and Sexuality; 5. Violence and Punishments; Conclusion: Towards a Cultural History of the Order of Malta; Appendix: Popes, Grand Masters, Bishops and Inquisitors c.1580-c.1700; Bibliography; Index.